Jerome Stewart v. Potomac Disposal Services, et al -
$12,000,000
Quadriplegia in wreck with garbage truck
John Mullaney v. Solite Lightweight Transportation, Inc. -
$5,000,000
Brain injury in tractor-trailer wreck
Ronald McLarn v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. -
$3,900,000
Quadriplegia in tractor-trailer wreck
Pamela Missak v. Tidewater Materials Corp. - $3,800,000
Brain injury in wreck with cement truck
Estate of Rhonda Newsome v. Stericycle, Inc. - $3,000,000
Death in tractor-trailer accident
James Hoffman v. Pacific Motor Transport Co. - $2,600,000
Brain injury in tractor-trailer crash
Phyllis Pearce v. Super Service, Inc. - $2,500,000
Crushed foot in tractor-trailer accident
Pamela Sharp v. Schwarzschild Jewelers, Inc. - $2,300,000
Brain injury in collision with delivery truck
Phyllis Lehman v. Cardinal Freight Carriers, Inc. -
$1,600,000
Multiple orthopedic injuries in tractor-trailer wreck
Jeffrey Urquhart v. Randy Downey, et al - $1,350,000
Back injuries in accident with train and tractor-trailer
Estate of Larry Lehman v. Cardinal Freight Carriers, Inc. -
$1,100,000
Death case in tractor-trailer collision
Estate of Lewis Lloyd v. Tyson Food Inc., et al - $900,000
Death case in tractor-trailer collision
Donald Bundy v. Estate of Jose Lopez-Guerra - $895,000
Tractor-trailer driver sustains back injuries in accident
Shaquinta Scott v. John Osborne - $857,500
Severe facial lacerations in tractor-trailer accident
Anthony Peebles v. Virginia Blower Company, et al - $800,000
Brain injury in collision with dump truck
Michael Coleman v. Ellis Robinson, et al - $750,000
Incomplete quadriplegia from wreck with logging truck
Estate of Michael Skelly v. Metzler Brothers, Inc., et al -
$725,000
Death case in collision with tractor-trailer
Shun Bell v. RDB Trucking, Inc., et al - $700,000
Orthopedic injuries to construction worker struck by
tractor-trailer
Gilbert Coleman v. Road Scholar, et al - $650,000
Multiple orthopedic injuries in wreck with tractor-trailer
Sterling Smith v. Donnell Henley - $595,000
Broken femur in dump truck wreck
Daisy Clayburn v. Wilford Twyman, Jr. - $582,286
Brain damage after vehicle is sideswiped by tractor-trailer
Estate of Edwina Green v. Bulkmatic Transport Co., et al -
$500,000
Death case in accident with tractor-trailer
George Wooden v. BFC Transportation, Inc., et al - $500,000
Multiple orthopedic injuries in collision with
tractor-trailer
Estate of Twila J. Norris v. Randall Norris, et al -
$450,000
Infant death case while a passenger in tractor-trailer
collision
John Bower v. Estes Express Lines - $400,000
Back injury and hernia in tractor-trailer crash
David Watley v. Estes Express Lines - $250,000
Internal injury in collision with tractor-trailer
Sydney Sprenkle v. L. L. Carter & Sons, et al - $150,000
Eye injury from vehicle being struck by lost tire from truck
Circuit
Court for the City of Richmond
$5,500,000—Negligence—Traumatic brain injury
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
Richmond Division
$4,700,000—Negligence—Quadriplegia
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$3,800,000—Negligence—Facial, brain and internal
injuries
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$3,000,000—Wrongful death
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
Alexandria Division
$2,600,000—Negligence—Traumatic brain injury
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
Richmond Division
$2,500,000—Negligence—Crushed foot
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$1,625,000—Negligence—Extensive internal & external
injuries
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$1,100,000—Wrongful death
Case settled before lawsuit filed
$1,000,000 and scholarship funding of $20,000—Wrongful
death—Traumatic brain injury
Circuit Court for the County of Amherst
$975,000—Negligence—Multiple injuries
Court—Confidential
$900,000—Wrongful death—Traumatic brain injury resulting
in death
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$900,000—Wrongful death—Blunt force trauma resulting in
death
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$850,000—Negligence—Severe facial lacerations
Circuit Court for the County of Brunswick
$800,000—Negligence—Traumatic brain injury
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$800,000—Negligence—Multiple orthopedic injuries
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
Richmond Division
$725,000—Wrongful death
Circuit Court for the County of Caroline
$700,000—Negligence—Multiple orthopedic injuries
Mediated
$675,000—Negligence—Fractures, broken teeth, collapsed
lung
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$615,000—Negligence—Traumatic brain injury
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$500,000—Wrongful death—Blunt force trauma resulting in
death
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia,
Richmond Division
$400,000—Wrongful death
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$400,000—Negligence—Thoracic compression fractures
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$380,000—Negligence—Head injury, open mandibular
fracture facial lacerations
Circuit Court for the City of Portsmouth
$325,000—Negligence—Fractured heel and shoulder injuries
Circuit Court for the County of Chesterfield
$295,000—Negligence—Comminuted fractures to leg
Circuit Court for the City of Hopewell
$260,000—Negligence—Shoulder injury
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$250,000—Negligence—Shattered spleen
Circuit Court for the County of Rockingham
$225,000—Negligence—Cervical fractures
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$200,000—Negligence—Fractured ribs and collapsed lung
Circuit Court for the County of Chesterfield
$140,000—Negligence—Rotator cuff tear, post traumatic
stress
Circuit Court for the City of Petersburg
$136,000—Negligence—Injured finger
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$130,000—Negligence—Multiple injuries
Case settled before lawsuit filed
$115,000—Negligence—Soft tissue injuries
Case settled before lawsuit filed
$105,000—Negligence—Multiple injuries
Circuit Court for the City of Richmond
$100,000—Negligence—Knee and back injuries
Publications & CLE Activities
“The Lawyer's Role; Truck Accident Litigation
Second Edition,” American Bar Association
“How to Investigate Tractor-Trailer Accidents,” The Journal
of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Online
“Handling Tractor-Trailer Cases from Intake Through
Discovery,” Practice Pointers, Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association Tractor-Trailer Collision Retreat
“Investigating the Tractor-Trailer Case,” Presentation at
the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association's 49th Annual
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